Instagram’s Small Team is Getting Bigger

When Facebook bought Instagram last year for nearly a billion dollars, the photo-sharing app had about 13 employees.

Since then, the group has grown to 35–and it’s about to get bigger.

According to the company’s career page, Facebook has seven types of positions open for the Instagram team, including manager of public policy, front-end software engineer and product designer. The group is also looking for software engineers dedicated to mobile. While it’s unclear how many people Facebook wants for each position, building out Instagram seems to be a priority for the social network. In contrast, a search for “platform” on the careers site only yields three openings.

It has been widely speculated in the press that Facebook’s planned media event on Thursday will feature a video sharing app from Instagram–a move that would dovetail with the invite’s tease that the new product is by a “a small team…working on a big idea.”

Facebook, which has also been working on video ads for many months, has bulked up on video talent through hiring. A cursory search on LinkedIn reveals several new hires with many years of experience in places like YouTube, NetFlix and Conviva, a video streaming service.